Friday, November 4, 2016

The Flavors and Fragrances of Autumn

Missy TippensAfter Ruthy's post yesterday, I thought it appropriate to talk about the smells of fall. :)I've already talked about the pumpkin craze. Here's one of my recent breakfasts. You can tell I've been bitten by the pumpkin bug!

I think I've shared in past years about my love of fall fragrances. Here are some recent soap purchases.

kitchen

downstairs bath

stored in the cabinet waiting their turn :)

I've pulled out the new Thanksgiving hand towel. And on my to-do list is searching the attic in our new house to find the fall wreath for the front door. I hope it made the move intact!I have mums in the planters on the front porch. And I've pulled out the warm, soft throws to put on the back of the couch (although unlike Ruthy's snow, we've been dealing with record highs in the 80's!)At our church, the flowers have been gorgeous fall arrangements done by the members of the flower guild. Here's a photo from this past Sunday. Gorgeous!

And how fun that they used these cute peppers (at least I think that's what they are!).

Now, to include some sort of cooking, I thought I'd share the type "cooking" I've been doing lately. LOL Here's one example of enjoying a fall fruit. I bought a yummy salad kit. Pear Gorgonzola. There were tiny bits of dried pears mixed with a sweet, crunchy nut topping. YUM.

Though I always hate to say goodbye to summer, I'm glad for the colors and flavors and fragrances of fall. What are your favorites?www.MissyTippens.com

11 comments:

I love your flower guild. They're amazing! And I just learned about these ornamental peppers thing.... a daycare dad told me about it, so I must look into them for our next fall sales craze which begins in ten months!!! And yes, we're already planning the expansion, so life here is never slow...

And I love your pumpkin assortments, Missy! I'm wallowing in the imaginary spicy scents right now!

This all looks marvelous, including the salad! What a great and easy idea!

I love this post. I'm more of a Christmas season scent person - not a huge fan of pumpkin anything - but I do love cinnamon apple scents.

I'd heard Starbucks was selling latte Kcups but I haven't seen them anywhere yet around here. Guess I need to get to a bigger store.

Those cute pumpkin things - they're really called ornamental eggplant. Aren't they adorable. One of our florists here was selling them as decorations and I was so tempted to buy them. I just wasn't sure how well they'd stay on the stick and I didn't want Fenway eating them.

You're reminding me of the great fall salads I used to get at a restaurant near here. Unfortunately the restaurant closed. Guess I'll have to make my own.

Mary Cate, I'll probably end up buying more scents for Christmas as well. :)

I should probably admit I didn't really like the latte K-cups. I like my coffee really strong (I buy extra dark roast), and these weren't dark enough to suit me. But if you like a lighter roast, you may enjoy them.

Ornamental eggplant?! How crazy. I guess maybe they're in the same family. :)

Love your decorating. Have to admit to doing nothing around my house for a few years now. I don't use fragrances at all -- daughter is high sensitive and we don't want to close up her airways when she comes to visit mama LOL. Sometimes though I simmer a pot of with a cinnamon stick and that creates a nice natural scent and humidifies as well. :-)

Loved the photos. We had pumpkin spice cheesecake at a friends house the other night. Really delightful so another way to use pumpkin. smileThanks for sharing. Puts me right in the mood for thanksgiving.

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